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🗓️ 2 May 2023
⏱️ 76 minutes
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IMAGE UNITED combined the talents of 6 of the most popular artists of an era, each of them drawing on every page, sometimes every panel for over 60 consecutive pages! The most ambitious project attempted in the history of comics! We talk the inspiration, the execution and the obstacles in pulling it all off!
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0:00.0 | Today we are united as we discuss one of the most incredible artistic achievements in the history of comic books. |
0:18.8 | Image United combined the talents of six of the most popular artists of an era, each of them |
0:24.1 | drawing on every page, sometimes every panel for over 60 consecutive pages. |
0:30.4 | The most ambitious project attempted in the history of comic books. |
0:35.3 | We talked to inspirations, the execution, and the |
0:39.2 | obstacles along the way in pulling it all off. We do all of that on an exciting new episode |
0:47.3 | of Rob's observations. Hey everybody, welcome to another edition of Rob Observations. I am your host, Rob Leifeld. |
0:59.2 | Rob Observations is the place where we talk all about the comic books and the pop culture that continues to shape our lives. |
1:06.8 | And literally, with all of these giant giant productions these comic book movie streaming shows |
1:12.7 | animated series like Invincible comic books has just taken the forefront in pop culture and |
1:19.4 | it is such a blast and it's so fun to watch it grow into this uh just amazing machine that that is that is on the shelves at at at at at at at the big box |
1:32.2 | stores it's at target it's at walmart it's it's it's on your slurpy cups it's it's at the gas |
1:38.1 | station superheroes comic books they're everywhere after after really struggling to gain |
1:43.9 | respectability in my youth, I am just |
1:46.8 | dining out all the time on the fact that they have become so beloved, so sought after, |
1:55.1 | and clearly so prominent. So every week on Rob's we, we take a topic, we dissect it. And, and today's topic, |
2:06.4 | one that is very near and dear to my heart. And one that really came back to the forefront |
2:11.9 | when someone on one of my live streams had requested that we share this comic book. They said, |
2:20.8 | hey, do you have copies of this specific comic book? And I said, look, I will bring copies of |
2:25.0 | this comic book on the very next show and share it. And when I went and got the comic |
2:30.2 | and I examined it, I really was much more impressed with it in any other time that I had been |
2:40.1 | and especially having not encountered it or interacted with it in many, many years. |
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